7.21 Class a verbs

Verbs of class a occur with direct passive affixes (see the entry for

-un1), and the direct passive verb refers to a FOCUS [27] which is the

recipient of the action (see -un1, meaning 1). Verbs of class a

normally also occur with the local passive affixes (see -an1) referring

to a focus which is the place or beneficiary of the action (-an1,

meaning 1). They also occur with the instrumental passive affixes (see

i-1) in the instrumental, beneficial, and temporal meanings (i-1,

meanings 2, 3, and 4). Palit ‘buy’ illustrates a verb of class a.

Hapit ‘drop in’ and dalágan ‘run’ illustrate verbs of class a

that refer to motion. Ábut (under ábut) ‘meet with each other’

illustrates a verb of class a conjugation referring to mutual action.

Dakù illustrates an adjective with class a conjugation. Bisiklíta and

duktur illustrate two different kinds of nouns with class a

conjugation.

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